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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Thorax whitish, shoulders and a streak on each side of back dark 
fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather dilated, termen slightly 
rounded, rather oblique; reddish-brown sometimes largely suffused 
whitish-ochreous, veins and costal edge marked with white lines, 
between veins partially and irregularly mixed dark fuscous, some 
white scales also posteriorly; discal stigmata blackish: cilia pale 
red-brownish obscurely barred white. Hindwings grey, darker 
posteriorly; cilia whitish, a brownish subbasal shade. 
Colombia, Mt. Tolima, 12,500 feet, October; 2 ex. Allied to 
venijlua , but narrower-winged. 
Cryptolechia diplosticha, n. sp. 
d . 24 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown tinged fuscous. Palpi 
ochreous-whitish, second joint suffused fuscous towards base. Thorax 
whitish-ochreous suffused fuscous. Forewings elongate, slightly 
dilated, termen straight, rather oblique; pale greyish-ochreous 
sprinkled fuscous and partially suffused light fuscous, veins pale, 
tending to be edged with fuscous lines; a short blackish dash near 
base towards costa; stigmata small, dark fuscous, plical rather 
obliquely beyond first discal; undefined irregular fuscous spots 
towards costa before and beyond middle, and in disc between these; 
two posterior angulated series of suffused dark fuscous spots, 
between veins 2-5 less marked and obscured by darker suffusion of 
groundcolour; a marginal series of dark fuscous marks round 
posterior part of costa and termen: cilia whitish-ochreous, more 
ochreous towards base. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia whitish- 
grey, a darker subbasal shade. 
Colombia, San Antonio, 6600 feet, February; 2 ex. 
Cryptolechia transfossa, n. sp. 
9 • 20 mm. Head, thorax dark bronzy-brown. Palpi second 
joint whitish-grey with anterior black white-edged line, terminal 
joint white with black anterior and lateral lines. Forewings 
slightly dilated, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; light ochreous- 
brown, with numerous irregularly strewn transverse whitish- 
ochreous strigse ; a rather oblique streak of darker bronzy-brown 
suffusion from end of cell to dorsum; three large black marginal 
dots round apex, middle one smallest, and three very small dots on 
termen below them : cilia bronzy, with coppery and dark grey 
reflections. Hindwings dark grey; cilia light grey. 
Peru, Cocapata, 12,000 feet ; 1 ex. Allied to quercicella . 
Cryptolechia castigata, n. sp. 
9 . 24 mm. Head, thorax ochreous-white. Palpi white, basal 
half of second joint sufiusedly irrorated dark fuscous, terminal 
joint sprinkled dark fuscous, especially on apical half. Forewings 
suboblong, slightly dilated, termen faintly sinuate, rather oblique; 
white, partially tinged faintly brownish-ochreous, some scattered 
blick specks; costal edge tinged brownish-ochreous and speckled 
